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The present state of the titles is as follows : — Held by the Cbown in Freehold undeb Unencumbered Land Transfer Titles. A. E. P. Browns Grant ... ... ... ... ... 617 0 0 Kapiti No. 1 ... ... ... ... ... 34 1 9 KapitiNo. 2a ... ... ... ... ... 261 1 15 Kapiti No. 3a ... ... ... ... ... 365 0 0 Kapiti No. 3b ... ... ... ... ... 10 0 0 Kapiti No. 4, Section 1 ... ... ... ... 821 3 10 Kapiti No. 4, Section 2 ... ... ... ... 304 0 0 Kapiti No. 4, Section 3 ... ... ... ... 6 0 0 Kapiti No. 4a, No. 1 . ... ... ... ... 12 2 0 Kapiti No. 4a, No. 2 ... ... ... ... 12 2 0 Kapiti No. 4a, No. 3 ... ... ... ... 12 2 0 Kapiti No. 4a, No. 4 ... ... ... ... 12 2 0 Kapiti No. 5, Section Iα ... ... ... ... 194 120 Kapiti No. 5, Section 2a ... ... ... ... 285 0 0 Kapiti No. 5b ... ... ... ... ... 50 0 0 2,998 3 14 Held by the Ckown under Lease for Twenty-one Years from Ist January, 1902. A. B. P. Kapiti No. 4, Section 4 ... ... • ... ... 370 030 This section is owned by a number of quarter-caste girls who have been educated and brought up as Europeans. They are not all of full age, and have asked that purchase may in the meantime be deferred. Native Title not yet extinguished. A. K. P. Kapiti No. 2b ... ... ... ... ... 495 2 25 Kapiti No. 4b ... ... ... ... ... 10 0 0* Kapiti No. 5, Section 2b ... ... ... ... 70 0 0 Kapiti No. 5, Section Iβ ... ... ... ... 1,039 2 20+ Kapiti No. 5a ... ... ... ... ... 4 0 0 Kapiti No. 5c ... ... ... ... ... 2 0 0 1,621 1 5 * Undivided interests equal to 6 acres acquired by the Crown. t Undivided interests equal to 31 acres acquired by the Crown. The Compensation Court to determine interests of European claims consisted of His Honour the Chief Judge (Sir Eobert Stout), Messrs. J. C. McKerrow, Assessor appointed for the Department, and Messrs. Death, F. Brady, and James Ames appointed by the claimants. The total amount paid to Mr. J. C. McKerrow in respect of his services as Assessor was £42. The valuators on behalf of the Crown, and the amounts paid to each respectively, were:— £' b. d. Frank Bennett ... ... ... ... ... 51 4 8 Walter Best ... ... ... ... ... 52 15 4 Arthur Drake ... ... ... ... ... 35 1 9 H. F. Davidson ... • ... ... ... ... 24 0 0 Donald Fraser ... ... ... ... ... 54 10 0 W. L. Luxford ... ... ... ... ... 36 1 6 H. J. Eichards ... ... ... ... ... 54 12 9 A. L. Wilson ... ... ... ... ... 35 14 0 Valuation Department ... ... ... .... 31 8 4 Hire of s.s. "Duco" ... ... ... ... ... 50 0 0 £425 8 4 The awards of the Compensation Court were :— £ s. d. Brown family ... ... ... ... ... 1,587 12 10' Collins and McKenzie ... ... ... ... 484 0 0 Charles E. Lowe ... ... ... ... ... 925 0 0 McLean Bros. ... ... ... ... ... 1, 125 0 0 Hohaia te Kotuku ... ... ... ... 62 10 0 £4,184 2 10 The sum of £168 12s. was also paid to Isabel Jane Field on transfer of a mortgage on one of the Native interests to the Government, making total payments by way of compensation amounting to £4,352 14s. 10d. The whole of these payments were made prior to or during the financial year 1900-1.